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July 16, 2015

Chemotherapeutic coatings enhance tumor-frying nanoparticles
Durham NC (SPX) Jul 14, 2015
In a move akin to adding chemical weapons to a firebomb, researchers at Duke University have devised a method for making a promising nanoscale cancer treatment even more deadly to tumors. The invention allows an extremely thin layer of hydrogels (think contact lenses) to be deposited on the surface of nanoshells - particles about a hundred nanometers wide designed to absorb infrared light and generate heat. When heated, these special hydrogels lose their water content and release any molecules (s ... read more

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Ultrafast heat conduction can manipulate nanoscale magnets Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have uncovered physical mechanisms allowing the manipulation of magnetic information with heat. These new phenomena rely on the transpor ... more		Moving sector walls on the nano scale Most magnetic materials have a structure that is somewhat more complicated than a commercially available domestic magnet: they not only have a north and south pole, but a variety of sectors, often o ... more		Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use Ancient wallaby ancestor reveals evolutionary leap for kangaroos		Nanostructures under stress make teeth crack resistant Human teeth have to serve for a lifetime, despite being subjected to huge forces. But the high failure resistance of dentin in teeth is not fully understood. An interdisciplinary team led by scienti ... more
				KAIST team develops the first flexible phase-change random access memory Phase change random access memory (PRAM) is one of the strongest candidates for next-generation nonvolatile memory for flexible and wearable electronics. In order to be used as a core memory for fle ... more		Nanoparticles can be intrinsically left- and right-handed A team of scientists from ITMO University and Trinity College Dublin published first experimental results showing that ordinary nanocrystals possess intrinsic chirality and can be produced under nor ... more

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Rice researchers make ultrasensitive conductivity measurements Researchers at Rice University have discovered a new way to make ultrasensitive conductivity measurements at optical frequencies on high-speed nanoscale electronic components. The research at Rice's ... more		Graphene heat-transfer riddle unraveled Researchers have solved the long-standing conundrum of how the boundary between grains of graphene affects heat conductivity in thin films of the miracle substance - bringing developers a step close ... more		New Structures Could Keep Astronauts Fit During Long Missions Solar flares pause Blue Origin-NASA Mars probe launch Staying Connected: How to Upgrade Your Satellite Internet Setup		A new way to image surfaces on the nanoscale A multi-institutional team of scientists has taken an important step in understanding where atoms are located on the surfaces of rough materials, information that could be very useful in diverse com ... more
MIPT physicists develop ultrasensitive nanomechanical biosensor Two young researchers working at the MIPT Laboratory of Nanooptics and Plasmonics, Dmitry Fedyanin and Yury Stebunov, have developed an ultracompact highly sensitive nanomechanical sensor for analyz ... more		Researchers design the most precise quantum thermometer to date Researchers from the UAB and the University of Nottingham, in an article published in Physical Review Letters, have fixed the limits of thermometry, i.e., they have established the smallest possible ... more		Unlocking nanofibers' potential Nanofibers - polymer filaments only a couple of hundred nanometers in diameter - have a huge range of potential applications, from solar cells to water filtration to fuel cells. But so far, their hi ... more		Exploiting the extraordinary properties of a new semiconductor A team of researchers from Universite de Montreal, Polytechnique Montreal and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France is the first to succeed in preventing two-dimensional ... more

	Scientists observe photographic exposure live at the nanoscale Photoinduced chemical reactions are responsible for many fundamental processes and technologies, from energy conversion in nature to micro fabrication by photo-lithography. One process that is known ... more		Measuring the mass of molecules on the nano-scale Working with a device that slightly resembles a microscopically tiny tuning fork, researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan have recently developed coupled microcantilevers that can make mas ... more

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Chemists create tiny gold nanoparticles that reflect nature's patterns

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